Well chuffed, the boy got into his 1st choice! Talking to him when he got back and some of his friends that were predicted A*/A ended up with B's & C's and are going to do retakes. Even his gf got lower than expected and is scrabbling about.
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I thought Bristol was a good place to live. Might be making that up but I have some friends that moved there and like it. My partners cousin lived there for years and really liked it. Guess its different being a working adult vs student though.
I've spoken to loads of parents of kids that felt the same. All of them ended up loving Bristol.
In the end it's irrelevant. He got the grades for Durham so he's off to do maths in September.
He's always going to be ****** off he missed his offer for Oxford last year, but I'm not convinced that's a bad thing. The resulting gap-year has done him so many favours.
He enjoys maths, he's good at it and works hard, but it's not his life. 8 week terms and being surrounded by the most able in the world could have made Oxford a really hard option. Plus Durham is lovely.
@C Kent where is your lad off to, what is he studying?
Physiotherapy at Buckinghamshire New Uni (wants to go into sports physiotherapy down the line), 2nd choice was Bristol - but he'd have to rely on clearing for that and when he called at 8:08 all spots were gone (he preferred the bucks campus out of the 2) 3rd choice was Winchester which he had an unconditional from - ironically his gf got into Winchester, she originally wanted Southampton tho.
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It's awesome when you watch them start to fulfil all that promise.
It is very suss how all the clearing spaces are for foreign students - obviously the finance they bring with them is key, but it does feel unfair!
It's going to be very strange for us as we'll have both kids away at uni now. Time to get some term time holidays booked (if we can flipping afford them!)
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Congrats. Part of their success is owed to the parents so well done on that
Congratuations to you all (although mainly him
). Commiserations to your bank account.My partner is pretty adamant that unless you are ultra genius level, going to some of these extremely elite universities for the classically hard subjects can be miserable. You go from being a big fish in a small pond to dealing with the geniuses of the world who don't find any of the things you struggle with hard.
I think I've got a bigger smile on my face than he has
The window does seem be getting shorter every year, I expect in the not to distant future kids will be phoning up at 8 on the dot and there will be none left.
Indeed, don't think I've fully come to terms with not having the little burke be a part of my every day life yet. Going to miss my random chats at midnight when he'd either come down to grab a drink or get back from the gym. Suppose the upside is it will give me the push to leave where I am as with him off to uni there isnt really anything keeping me down here.
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I think I've got a bigger smile on my face than he has
The window does seem be getting shorter every year, I expect in the not to distant future kids will be phoning up at 8 on the dot and there will be none left.
Indeed, don't think I've fully come to terms with not having the little burke be a part of my every day life yet. Going to miss my random chats at midnight when he'd either come down to grab a drink or get back from the gym. Suppose the upside is it will give me the push to leave where I am as with him off to uni there isnt really anything keeping me down here.
How is Lois dealing with it all?
Can't believe a year has flown by already, found the whole experience very strange. I've found that in a weird way I've been grieving time going by, but loving the next milestone and the next.
Suspect I've got a difficult week coming up with him going to the minders for the first time
Suspect I've got a difficult week coming up with him going to the minders for the first time
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Can't believe a year has flown by already, found the whole experience very strange. I've found that in a weird way I've been grieving time going by, but loving the next milestone and the next.
Suspect I've got a difficult week coming up with him going to the minders for the first time
It doesn’t slow down, believe me. Give it another year and they’ll be running around and having conversations with you.
I know it's inevitable but my god I'm still terrified
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I know it's inevitable but my god I'm still terrified
Honestly mate don’t worry - the change sounds insurmountable but as it’s an imperceptible amount every day you just don’t notice it and you grow with them. You’ll be fine!
My girl is 2 now , looking at state schools with a nursery hoping to get her a place next year when she is 3 . Anyone know the process to get her into one ? Do you contact the school direct or have to go through the local authority ?
Google "School admissions (insert local authority here)"
That went quick. It seems like you only had the baby a couple of months ago.